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Patented Feb. 7,1888;

UNiTED STATESv PATENT FFIC. l" i GRANT W. SHUMAN, OF LAKE STATION, INDIANA.

HARVESTER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,647, dated February 7, 1888.

` Application inea october 19, isst.

Serial No. 189,316. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANT W. SHUMAN, of Lake Station, in the county of Lake and IState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.'

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of harvesting machines in several particulars, as will hereinafter appear.

The -invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.'

The machine herein shown as embodying my invention is a self-binding harvester belonging to that class of machines in which the grain is delivered horizontally from the grain-platform of the harvester to binding devices located inside o'f the driving-wheel, and which are generally known as low-down orl platform binders. Certain of theimprovements herein claimed are,A however, applicable to other kinds of harvesters, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a harvester illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation vof the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation taken inside of the main supporting-wheel upon line m .fr of Fig.v 1, looking toward the binding devices. Fig. 4.lis a vertical longitudinal section through the grain-platform, looking to-v ward the rear, said section being taken upon line y y of Fig. 1.' Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken upon line ze of Fig-1, looking rearwardly at the wheel by which the grain carrying and binding mechanisms are actuated. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 5, taken upon-line oo x of said figure. Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section taken upon line' x w of Fig. 10, 'viewing the wheel shown in Fig. 5 at the side thereof opposite to that shown in said figure. Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation showing separately from the other parts the wheel for driving the grain carrying and binding mechanisms, the clutch for connecting said wheel with the trip devices for actuating the clutch connecting the wheel which drives the grain carrying and binding mechanisms with its shaft, these parts being shown as viewed when looking toward 4the main driving-wheel. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 8.v Fig. 10 is a sectional plan view taken uponline y y of Fig. 5, showing more particularly the butt-'evening devices. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective View of the rock-shaft carrying the bundle compressing and discharging arms and the parts immediately concerned in actuating it. Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken upon line x. w of Fig. 1,.and looking toward the front of the machine, illustrating the bundle-compressing, knot-tying, and bundle-discharging devices. Fig. 13 is a detail sectional elevation of the twine gripping and tying devices," looking toward the rear. Fig. 14 is a sectional elevation ofthe parts shown in' Fig. 13,taken'upon line :c :o of said figure. Fig. 15 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view 'of the 'twinegripping device,taken upon line xx, Fig. 16.` Fig.

16 is a cross-section of the same, taken upon Aline .rw of Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a detail view illustrating the position of the twine-carrying arm and twine holding and cutting devices when the arm is at the upper limit of its movement. Fig. 18 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 19 is a sectional view of the lower part ofthe twine-box and the tension device thereon. Fig. 20 is a central sectional view of the same, taken upon line x x of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a detail view of an elastic belt shown in Figs. 2 and 3. y

In ,the machine illustrated in the drawings, the main frame thereof comprises two parallel bars, A A', supporting the ends of the axle b of the main supporting or driving wheel B,l

and connected by transverse bars a a', a'third bar, A2, parallel with and below the bar A and connected therewith byuprights a2 a3 at the front and rear of the machine, and parallel bars A3 A3, sustaining the grain-platform C, attached to the bar A2, and connected with each other at the outer end of the platform by a bar, c.

a, and also with the usual lingers, F F, and a cutter-bar, F', the lattergbeingfactuated by means of a pitman, f, 'from a vertically -arrangedcrank-shaft, F2, actuated .bymeans of The machine is provided withi the usual divider, E, and grain-wheel D,- which are supported bythe bars A3,y A3, andk IOC loeVel-gearsff2 from a horizontal shaft, G, by f means of which other operative parts of 'themachine are also driven. The shaft G is mounted in frame-pieces ai as at the forward part of the frame, and is provided with a sprocket-wheel, G', by means of which it is actuated from a sprocket-wheel, B', upon the wheel B, through .the medium of a chainv belt, G2.

The shaft G is provided, also, with a beveled gear-wheel, G3, meshing with a gear-wheel, H2, upon a shaft, H', mounted in brackets a7 as, and having upon its rear end a gear-wheel, H, by means of which the grain-carrying, bundlecompressing, knot-tying, and bundle-discharging devices are actuated, as will hereinafter appear. The wheels G3 andf2 upon the shaft G are both secured to a sleeve, g, adapted to rotate upon the shaft, and provided at its end with serrations or teeth engaging corresponding teeth upon a collar, g', mounted to slide but not to rotate upon the shaft, and forming with said collar a clutch device by which the sleeve g and wheels]c2 and G3 may be engaged with and disengaged from the shaft to enable the operative parts to be disconnected from the driving-wheel in transporting the machine from place to place and in other circumstances.

The collar g is held in engagement with the sleeve g by means of a spring, g2, and the engaging-teeth upon the sleeve and collar are inclined, so as to allow the shaft G to run freely backward in a rearward movement of the machine. Means are herein shown for moving the collar g of the clutch from a point adjacent to t-he drivers seat, consisting of a bent lever, G4, pivoted upon the frame and having a vertical arm forked at its lower end and conneeted with the collar by the familiar device of pins upon the forked arm engaging a groove in the collar, said lever G* having a horizontal arm engaged at its end with a bell-crank lever,

g3, Fig. 3, pivoted upon the frame-piece A and connected by means of a rod, g, with a handlever, g5, pivoted upon the frame-piece A, near the rear end` of the latter. The lever g5 is constructed with a laterally-projecting part or arm, g, to the end of which the rod g4 is connected, and the free end of which may be thrown to a point below the pivot of the lever, so as to lcclctlie clutch in its disengaged position in a familiar manner.

In the machine herein shown the binding is accomplished at the end of the grain-platform adjacent te and inside of the main drivingwheel, and the bound bundles are delivered from the binding devices through a space between the driving-wheel 'and the end of the platform, the wheel B being set well out toward the outer frame-piece, A', to give space for the passage of the bundles. The binding devices are located over the portion of the grain-platform between its part upon which inward from the wheel to equalize the resistance upon opposite sides ofthe pole and thereby prevent side draft.

The grain-platform C andthe devices thereon for delivering the cut grain to the bindingr devices are constructed and operated as follows:

The grain-platform comprises vertical side pieces, G', longitudinal strips c, forming the upper horizontal grain-supporting surface of the platforn'i, and a continuous horizontal bottom, C2, located below the strips, and herein shown as made of sheet metal. The graincarrying devices consist, essentially, of two horizontally-arranged endless chains, l l', carrying rake-bars I I, located below the strips c c and provided with rake-fingers i i, extending upwardly between the said strips, Fig. 4. rlhe said chains are located one upon either side of the grain-platform, adjacent to the walls C C' thereof, and are trained over sprocket-wheels l, mounted upon studs I3, fixed in the walls C' at the outer end of the platform, and over sprocket-wheels I* upon short shafts 15 l5, mounted in bearings at either side of the inner end of the platform. The chains are actuated by means. of pinions z" upon the outer ends of the shafts l, which pinions intermesh with spur-wheels lG l7 upon a shaft, 1B, which is driven by means of gear-teeth upon the periphery ofthe wheel H, intermeshing with the spur-wheel l7 at the forward end of the shaft. The chains l are driven in a direction to carry toward the binding mechanism the rake-bars and rake-fingers which are uppermost or adjacent to the strips c c, and means are provided for holding the fingers vertically above the platform to gather the grain therefrom during their forward movement and for throwing them downwardly beneath the platform. For this purpose the rake-bars are pivotally connected with the chains, so that they may rotate freely therein, and their end portions* are provided with parallel faces engaging horizontal guide-grooves c c upon the inner faces of the walls C in such manner as to hold the fingers upright during their movement toward the binding devices, the pivotal connection of the bars with the chains permitting the fingers to fall when the bars are released' from the grooves. In the particular construction ofthe parts shown the guide-grooves c c' are formed by means of horizontaliianges c2, attached to the walls C C', adjacent to and below the outer strips, c3 c, of the platform. As herein illustrated, also, the rake-bars comprise two end blocks, fl, fitted to slide in the grooves c' c', and rods it and 135, connecting the said blocks and sustaining the fingers, a third rod, i3, eX- tending through the blocks and attached at its ends to the chains, being employed to form the pivotal connection with the latter.

The rake-bars are pivoted tothe chain near their rear edges, (referring to their direction of motion,) the rod i being for this purpose inserted through the rear ends of the blocks iz. At the forward ends of the grooves c, at the IIO rear side of the platform, is placed a depending pivoted hook, C3, located in position to engage the forward or free end of one of the blocks w32 when the rake-bars reach the forward end of to throw the free end of the hook toward the outer end of the platform, soas to hold it normallyin position for engagement with the rakebars. Said spring, by its action upon the hook, also tends to throw the free edge of the rakebars upwardly as said rake-bars are carried bodily downward by the chain, and thereby insures a horizontal position of the ngcrs. l

The downward movement of the free ends of the blocks i2 into position to properly engage the hook CEl is insured by a curved continuation, c, of the upper wall of the groove c', and the free edge of the rake-bars may be made heavy, or weighted, as shown, to the same end. The spring C4 may be applied `in any suitable manner to the hook C, said spring being, as shown, made of leaf form, and engaged at its free end with an arm, c5, rigidly attached to the hook adjacent Ato its pivot. When the rake-fingers are thrown downwardly into a horizontal position, as above described, they may conveniently rest and slide at their free ends upon the bottom Cl of the platform as they are carried toward the outer end of the platform, as clearly shown in the drawings, Fig. 4. v

For the purpose of again lifting the rakeingers above the platform when they reach the outer end thereof, an inclined guide-surface,

C5, is provided, which is located in position to engage and lift the free end of one of the iingers t', so as to bring the blocks i2 in position to enter the guide-grooves c. The said guidesnrface is shown in Fig. l as adapted to engage the rearmost finger, the latter being desirably provided with a short horizontallybent part, i", for engagement with the said guide-surface. The said guidesurface, also, is preferably formed by a leafspring, C6, attached to the machine at its lower end and free at its upper end, said spring being desirably located beneath a stationary guide-flange, c6, between which flange and the spring the ond is of the finger travels as it moves upwardly upon the spring. The latter extends (at its free end) somewhat above the guideiiange, and is arranged to thrust the linger outwardly against the said flange at the upper part of the latter. By this construction it is obvious that when the part i of the finger passes from the upper end ofthe guide-flange the upper end of the spring, which has been thrust backwardly by the said part is of the finger, will ily forward into contact'with the ange, thereby giving an up'ward'and forward impetus 'to the fingers, tending to bring the blocks 'i2 into position to enter the guidegrooves.

In the operation of the graincarrying devices described the chains are moved intermittingl y, so as to cause each set ofraketingers to traverse the grain-platform in alternation, the motion of the fingers being arrested after the grain has been delivered to the binding devices, and the fingers being held station'- ary whilethe said binding devices are in operation. For this purpose the gear-teeth H3 of the wheel Hy are extended only partially around the said wheel, leaving a vacant space, H4, at one part of the rim of the wheel, so that the gear-wheel l7 will become disconnected therefrom during a part of its revolution. The said wheel H is, as shown, provided at the part of its periphery at which the teeth are omitted with'a delay-flange, H5, adapted to engage a delay-surface, il, upon the gear-wheel'F, so as to hold the latter from rotation while disengaged from the teeth,in a well-known manner. The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the fingers will traverse the lplatform once to each rotation of the wheel H, and the gear-wheel 17 will becomedisengaged from the gear-teeth H3, and the movement of the fingers will be stopped at the moment the latter reach the termination of their forward movement,

'the operation of thebinding devices being timed to take-place during the time, in the rotation of the wheel H, that the blank space H4.

therein` is passing the wheel li, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The binding devices comprise, generally, an oscillating needle or twine arm, J, Fig. l2, a twine-gripping device, (indicated as a whole by K,) a knetter, (indicated as a whole by L,) a compressor-arm, M, and discharging-arms M IVO M. The grain is delivered by the rake-fingersi upon a horizontal surface, C7, forming a continuation of the grain-platform, and beneath which the twine-arm J is located when in its retracted position, said surface being'provided with a slot, c7, through which the said arm passes when raised. The grain is held in place at the end of the platform by the compressorarm M, which is connected at its upper end IIf;

with a horizontal rock-shaft, M, and vrests'at its lower end in contact with an inclined sur-f face, CS, forming a continuation ofthe surface C7, and over which the bundles are discharged. The discharging-arms M are alsoA connected with the shaft M, said arms extending over the surface C7 in such manner as to prevent the grain delivered upon the said surfacefrom rising into Contact with the knot-tying devices, as clearly shown in Figslland l2. The twinearm J, which is movably supported adjacent to the end of the platform, extends, when in its. retracted position, to a point beyond the rakelingers t when the latter are at the forward limit of their movement, so that when IlO said arm is thrown upwardly to compress the` bundle its point or heady' will passoutside of the fingers and the mass of grain held thereby.'

The means for supporting and moving the twine-arm herein shown consist of two parallel stationary plates, J, Fig. l2, provided with curved or cam slots j', which are engaged by pins j2 in the arm J, and a crank, J2,engaged with the end of the arm and connected with a 1ock-sl1aft, J, mounted iu suitable bearings in the frame. The slots j' are curved in such manner that when the crank is moved the head ofthe twinevarm will, instead of moving in a circular curve, take a course first in a direction nearly upward, and after it has passed above the fingers will move nearly in a horizontal direction until it reaches the knotting device.

The oscillatory movement of the shaft J1s for moving the arm J in the manner described is produced as follows: The said shaft J3, at its forward cud and at a point adjacent to the wheel H, Figs. 5, 7, and l0, is provided with a horizontally-arranged cranlearm, j, connected at its outer end, by means of a pitman, j, with the free end of a bent rod or bar, J", pivoted at J to the machine-frame and lo. cated in the path of a pin, 71., in the wheel H, in such manner that when engaged by the said pin the free end of the bar will be depressed7 thereby throwing downwardly the crank-arm j, so as to give a partial rotation to the shaft in a direction to throw the head of the twine arm upwardly. The bar J is made straight in its portion js adjacent to its free end, and is curved in its partji, from point near its middle to its pivotal point, upon a circular curve having the same radius as the circle described by the pin 7L, the parts being so arranged that the bar will be depressed to actuate the twine-arm while the pin 7L is passing over the outer part, j, of the bar, and will be held immovably in its depressed position during the passage of the pin over the curved partjT during the time that the knotting devices are in operation. The bar Jis provided near its pivotal point with a short upwardlydirected rigid arm, J5, which is engaged and moved bythe pin h at the moment the latter passes from the curved part of the bar, whereby the free end of the arm J4 is thrown upwardly and the twine-arm thereby retracted.

N, Figs. l, 2, 4, 5, 10, and l2, are a series of fingers attached to a rock-shaft, N, extending across the grain-platform, over the strips c, near the binding devices, said lingers being constructed to rest normally in a horizontal position upon the platform, with their free ends directed toward the binding devices. rlhe said fingers and rock-shaft, as herein shown, are formed of a single metal bar or rod bent to form double lingers, and having bearings at n between the fingers upon the strips c. rlhe said rock-shaft is provided at its forward end with a depending arm, N2, which is eonnected,by means of a horizontally-arranged pitman, a', with a depending arm, n, upon a rock-shaft, Ng, provided with an upwardly-direeted arm, a3, located in the path of the pin 7i, the parts being so arranged that when the said arm n3 is encountered by the pin the roclishafts N and N will be partially rotated in a direction to lift the free ends of the fingers N from the grain-platform. fingers N is to prevent interference with the downward movement of the rake-fingers t' by the presence of grain upon the platform behind them; and for this purpose the said iingers N are raised into an inclined position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, prior to the downward movement of the said rake-fingers,

so as to lift from the platform the grain which has fallen thereon behind the said rake-ngers during the time that the latter are held stationary, and thereby allow the said rake-fingers to fall freely backward and downward between the strips c.

For the purpose of evening the butts of the grain, after the latter has been delivered to the hindi-ng devices, means are herein provided,as follows:

O is a vertically-arranged oscillating hinged flap, located at the forward end of the surface C and pivotally supported at its vertical margin adjacent to the inner edge of the said surface. Said flap, as clearlyT shown in Figs. l and l0, siands normally in a position inclined forwardly and outwardly from its pivotal axis, with its free end in contact with a stationary The purpose of the guide-plate, O', located upon the front edge of 4 the grain-platform, adjacent to the inner end of thelattcr, land attached to the rear edge of the inner guard finger or divider, O2. The said flap is actuated by having its free edge swung outwardly or rearwardly until the face of the 'Hap is parallel with the front edge of the grain platform, this movement taking place after the grain has been delivered upon the grain-supporting surface C7 and before the twine-arm has advanced to compress the bun die.

The devices herein shown for actuating the flap are constructed as follows: The said iiap is provided near its upper edge with a bent arm, o, extending outwardly from its pivotal axis and having its end portion directed forwardly and generally at right angles with the face ofthe flap, Figs. 3, 5, 7, and 10. The said forwardly-bent part of the arm ois engaged with an eye or loop in a connectingrod,0', whichis joined with the upper free end of a lever, O3, pivoted near its lower end to an arm, o?, upon the machine-frame, Fig. 7, said lever O3 being provided with an arm, o3, directed inwardly, or toward the center of the wheel H, and into the path of the pin h in said wheel. The free edge ofthe flap is held in its retracted position by means of a spring, 07, herein shown as applied to the rod o. Upon contact of the said pin h with the arm o the upper end of the lever O" will be thrown laterally, thereby moving the arm o and swinging the free end of the flap O into a position parallel with the front edge of the grain-platform, the movements ofthe parts being so timed that the piu will strike the lever O3 at the moment after the rake-fingers i have reached the end of IIS IZO

their movement and before the said pin'h encounters the bar J4, by which the twine-arm is actuated.

Toenable the evener to be adj usted in position for long or short grain, the flap O is pivoted upon a vertical bar, O4, which. is supported in such manner as to be horizontally movable upon the machi ne-frame, the supporting devices therefor herein shown consisting of horizontal parts O O6 upon the said bar, having sliding bearings at o4 o5 upon the machineframe, Fig. 3. To enable the said bar to be conveniently moved from the drivers seat, the upper horizontal part, O5, thereof'is preferably extended rearwardly, as shown, and provided at its rear end with a handle, 06. The knotting device L herein shown is ot that class which is adapted to form a loop in the doubled part of the twine between the bundle andthe gripping device. `The-said knotter L is actuated by means of a horizontal shaft, L', lo-

cated in suitable bearings upon the machine` frame and provided at its forward end with a pinion, Z, Figs. l, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, intermeshing with a gear-segment, H6, uponl the wheel H, the latter being provided upon its side adjacent to the said gear-segment Hwith aguide-iiange, Hl, engaging a guide-surface, Z', upon the pinion Z, so as to hold the latter from rotation except when engaged with the gearsegment in a well-known manner. rlhe said shaft L is provided, also, with a beveled gear-wheel, Z2, intermeshing with a similar l gear-wheel, Z3, by which the knetter is directly actuated, said wheel being mounted upon a short shaft, L2, carrying at its lower end the gripping-jaws Z4 Z", which operate in tying the knot.

The twine holder or gripper K comprises an intermittingly-revolving hollow cylinder,

' K', open at one end and operating in connection with a partial cylindric housing or shell, K2, having connected inner and outer walls, k and k', between which latter the part of the hollow cylinder K' adjacent'to its open end is located. The said cylinder K' is provided at its open end with notches k2, forming projections or teeth k3, and the shell K2 with a notch, 7c", formingv projections Zc, corresponding in position with two of the teeth k3 of the cylinder K. The cylinder K'is attached at its end opposite to that at which the teeth legare' formed to a shaft, K3, having bearings in brackets 765 7c upon the machine-frame, and the inner and outer parts, k 7c', of the shell k2 are connected at the open end of the cylinder K', the said shell being sustained from the frame' piece A by means of a stationary arm, K".

The cylinder K is revolved intermittingly, in the operation of the vbinding devices, by means of a pawl, K5, engaging ratchet-teeth k' upon the shaft K3, said pawl being hung upon a vibrating lever, K, actuated by means of a spring, k", in connection with an arm or projection, its, upon the rotating shaft L', by which the knetter L is actuated, Fig. 13. To prevent any backward movement of the cylinder, after,

each partial rotation by the action of the pawl, a spring-detent, K7, is employed, which engages at' its free end notches 709, formed ina flange upon the said cylinder. v

The cylinder K is arranged to stand usually with one of the notches therein opposite the Y notch Za' in the shell K2, and said cylinder is turned at each movement of the lever K6 and pawl K5 a distance equal to the distance apart of the teeth 7c3, so as to carry one of the latter past the said notch kt and bring the next notchv ofthe cylinder into register therewith. In

the particular construction shown'the cylinder to project laterally from the twine-arm, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1 and18, and the twine P, which is carried from a box or holder, P', upon the frame through guides p and p' to the end of the twine-arm, is inserted through a transverse passage or eye in the head j and 4emerges from the head at a part ofthe latter remote from the arm, so that the twineis carried around the bundle in a plane at one side of the arm. The notch kt in the shell K2 is located in such position that whenv the arm .is thrown upwardly the projecting part of the head will pass through the notch and rest within the open end of the cylinder. When the arm is in this position, the twine carried around the bundle will lie Within or yextend through the said notch, and when the cylinder is rotated so asto carry one of the teeth k3 thereof across the notch, the twine will be carried by the tooth between the Walls v7c 7c of the shell, and thereby firmly gripped, so that after the twine has been severed at a point between the gripping device and the knotter the end of the twine adjacent to the twine-arm head will be held in the gripper during the backward movement ofthe arm and until it is again advanced and another knot is tied.

The cutting device herein shown consists of a knife, Q, mounted upon an oscillating lever, Q', and constructed to operate in connection with the lower edge of the notchc* in the outer vwall, k, of the shell K2 in cutting the twine,

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Figs. 12 and 14. Said lever Q'is operated by meansfof the lever K6 through the medium of a vertically-sliding bar, Q2, engaged with the lever Q', Figs. 12, 13, and 14., and provided the said lever K, the knife Q being held at the upper limit of its movement byvmeans of a spring, g', appliedV to the lever Q', and thrown downwardly by the action of the lever K6 and the slide Q2. The said springq, as herein shown, is of spiral form, and placed about a rock-shaft, Q3, lsupporting the lever Q', Fig. 13. y I

The arms M'are actuated for discharging the bundle by partially rotating the rockshaft M2, so as to throw the said arms downwardly .with an arm, q, located in position to engage and outwardly,while at the same time throwing outwardly the compressorarm M,'mounted upon the saine shaft. The means shown for actuating saidrock-shaft are as follows: Upon the forward end of the said roclcshaft is a crankarm, M4, Figs. 5 and lLwhich engages the end of a lever, M4, pivotally supported upon the machine-frame, and provided with an arm, m, extending over the outer or forward face of the wheel H in the path of a pin, h', upon said wheel, a spring, m4, being applied between the rock-shaft and the frame to hold the arm m in position for engagement with the said pin h. In order to hold the sha-ft from rotary movement under the outward pressu re upon the compressor-arm occuring during the compression of the bundle, a spring-detent, M5, is arranged upon the frame in position to engage a projection, m', upon thelever M4, and to hold the latter from upward movement, said detent being provided ,with au arm, m2, extending inwardly over the arm m of the said lever M4, and in position to be encountered and moved by the pin h before the latter reaches the said v arm m, whereby the detent will be disengaged from the lever,to permit the latter to be moved at the proper time. ln the particular construction of the detent M5 shown it is made ofa single piece of metal, and is provided with a part or arm, m3, attached at its end to the frame and forming a spring to allow the movement of the detent.

The compressor-arm M is preferably mounted to rotate upon the rock-shaft M4, and is held in operative position by means of a coiled spring, m5, appliedbetween the shaft and the arm, whereby the latter may yield under eX- cessive pressure, and breakage of the parts may be thereby prevented. The inward movement of the free end of the arm under the action of the spring may be conveniently limited by constructing said arm to rest against the inclined surface Cf5 at the inner end ofthe grain-platform, as clearly shown in Fig. 12.

In the operation of the raking and binding devices above described each set of rakeingers is, as before stated, moved intermittingl y to carry the grain to the binding devices, and after each movement of the said lingers across the platform the binding devices are actuated to compress and tie the grain into a bundle and to discharge the latter from the machine. For the purpose of actuating the several parts in the manner described, the segmental or niutilated gear H6 upon the wheel H is arranged in such relation to the segmental gear H3 thereon, by which the shaft L is driven, and to the pins 7L and h', that as soon as the set of rake fingers traversing the platform has reached the end of its movement, and has been stopped by the engagement of the guide-flange H5 with the gear-wheel ll, the pin h, striking the bar J4, will throw upwardly the twine-arm, and when the twine-arm has reached the upper limit of its movement the rotation of the shaft L', to actuate the twine gripper, cutter,

and knotter, will immediately follow, and as soon as the said devices have come to rest the rock-shaft M2 will be actuated by the pin h' to discharge the bundle, all of these several operations taking place before the grain-carrying fingers again begin to move. One important advantage of the construction described, whereby the raking, compressing, knot-tying, and bundle-disch arging devices are separately and successively actuated, is that an equalization of the power required to operate the machine is thereby obtained.

The wheel H, by which the several operative parts above described are driven, instead of being fixed upon the shaft H', is preferably connected therewith by a clutch mechanism constructed to become disengaged at the termination of each revolution of the wheel and after the discharge of the bundle, said clutch mechanism being connected with a point near the driver-s seat by devices whereby the clutch may be reengaged and the grain-carrying devices started when sufficient grain has accumulated upon the platform to make a bundle of the proper size. The clutch connecting the wheel H with the shaft H' consists of aserrated or notched collar, R, iixed upon the shaft H', and a radially-movablepartordetent, R', upon the wheel constructed to engage the teeth of the collar at its inner end, and held normally in engagement therewith'by means of a spri ng, r, applied between the wheel and detent for this purpose.

Themeans for automatically disengaging the detent R' from the collar R at the termination of each revolution of the wheel consists of a bent lever, R4, pivoted upon the machine-frame and provided upon \its end with a laterally or inwardly projecting part, r', Figs. 2 and 6, adapted to engage the upper ontturned hori` zontal end, r2, of the detent R', and having a Short arm, It, extending into position for en gagement with a pin, h2, upon the wheel H. The lever R3 is sustained in a nearlyhorizontal position by means of a spring, r4. a stop, r4, being placed upon the bracket ai4 in position to limit the upward movement of the lever. The pin h2 upon the wheel H is so located with reference to the detent R' that said pin, in the rotation of the wheel, will strike the arm R of the lever R2 (so as to swing it downwardly and depress the free end of the said lever) shortly before the horizontal part r2 of the detent reaches the said projection r', the free end of the lever being thrown downwardly sufficiently to allow the part r2 of the detent to pass above the projection 1" thereon. vrl`he parts areso arranged that the pin Ll passes from the arm R3, and thereby releases the lever R2 and allows it to be thrown upwardly by the spring at the moment the said part r2 of the detent reaches a point immediately above the projection r' on said lever, wherebyin the upward movement of theV lever the detent is released lfrom the collar R and the wheel H thereby disengaged IlO from its shaft. To enable the parts of the machine driven by the wheel H to be started when desired, means are provided connecting the lever R2 with a point near the drivers seat, whereby the free end ofthe lever may be depressed and the detent allowed to engage the collar R. The devices for`this purpose herein shown consist of a rock-shaft, R5,'hav

ing bearings upon the machine-frame and ex# tending rearwardly from a point adjacent to the wheel H to'one near the driver-s seat, said rock-shaft being provided with an arm, R5, resting at its free end upon the lever R5, so that by the turning of the shaft the lever may be depressed. The said shaft is provided near its rear end with a horizontal arm, r4, Figs. 8 and 9, connected by a pitman, r5, with a footlever, RT.

P2 is an improved tension device for the twine, herein shown as attached to the bottom of the twine-holderP. This device consists of two rollers, P3 P5, mounted in stationary bearings p5 p5, and a third roller, P*, which is bodily movable toward and from the other rollers and is held yieldingly and adjust-ably in contact therewith by a spring, P5, and adjusting-screw, P5, applied to its supportingframe P7, roller P4 and the rollers P3 P3, andthe said rollers being held from rotating freely bythe frictional resistance to rotation on their pivots due to their being pressed forcibly together, the twine will be subjected to a tension depending upon the pressure applied for this purpose. In the particular construction shown the frame P7 is pivoted at p4 between the bearings p5 p3 at one end of the rollers P5, and the roller P* is moved by swinging said frame about its pivotal axis, the said frame being provided with an arm, p5, engaged at. its outer portion, p5, with the set-screwv P5, which is constructed-to bear at its inner` end against the spring P5, which is herein shown as made vof spiral form and located between the end of said set-screw and the stationary part or base of the .tension device. The said set-screw is desirably provided at its inner end with an axial prolongation, pl, to sustain the spring in place. By the construction set forth the spring P5 operates to thrust the arm p5 outwardly or downwardly, and thereby force the roller P* into contact with the rollers P3 P5, while the set screws P5, by enabling the distance between the bearing points of the spring to be changed, allow the pressure of the rollers to be varied, as desired.

An improved construction in means for adjustably supporting and driving a grain-reel is herein shown, and is as follows:

S is the grain-reel, which is provided with a shaft, s, mounted in suitable'bearings, s' s', upon a swinging frame, S', pivotally connected with a stationary reel-support, S2, herei n shown as formed by means of a metal bar attached to the frame-piece A of the machine, and bent at its upper part horizontally and then down- The twine P is passed between theV wardly to form two bearings, S5 s?, for the said frame. Saidframe S is pivoted at its rear end to the support S2, so that when its free forward end is moved vup or down the reel 7o will be bodily raised and lowered, the frame being provided with a depending rigid arm, S5, connected at its lower free end, by means of a pitman, swith a hand-lever, S, provided with the usual locking devices, whereby the said lever and the reel may be placed and held in any desired position.

The reel, movably supported, asdescribed, is driven from a grooved pulley, G7, upon the shaft G by means of an elastic endless belt or 8o This belt is directly from the drivingpulley G7 to a pulley 9o upon the reel-shaft, is trained atits upper end over a pulley, t, upon a shaft, T', which is mounted upon a swinging arm, T2, pivoted at its lower end to the frame-piece A,and said shaft is provided with a second pulley, It', from 9 5 which the reel-shaft is driven by means of a belt, T5, passing over the said pulley t', and a pulley, s, upon the reel-shaft. lVhenthe frame S is moved in this construction of the parts, the arm T2 will obviously be swung about its pivot by means of the beltT5, and

the belt T will be lengthened and shortened Y as the arm and pulleyj are moved. The construction in which the belt T passes directlyY from the driving-pulley to a pulley upon the reelshaft is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,

this construction being one which will preferably be used in practice.

As herein shown, the frame S/ is provided with a series of bearings, S5 .S5 S7, in either of which the shaft s of the reel may be held, in order to enable the reel to be adjusted forwardly and backwardly with reference to the cutters,this adjustmentalso being permitted by the flexible belt T. In the particular construction illustrated,the bearings 85,35, and slare `formed partially in the metal of the frame S and partially in bars 35, removably attached thereto, so as to enable the position of the reelshaft to be readily changed when desired.

To provide means for changing theangle in a vertical plane of the tongue or pole U with reference to the machineframe, in order to enable the cutters to be raised or depressed to cut a greateror less distance above the ground,

said pole is, as herein shown, connected by a horizontal pivot, u, with the machine-frame, and is engaged at a point somewhat distant from the pivot with a vertical screw-shaft',U,

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up or down, as desired. In the preferable construction of the said adjusting device illustrated, the shaft U engages a nut, u', located 1n a recess in the pole at the rearof the pivot u and pivoted to swing about a horizontal transverse axis by means of' pivot-pins a2, Fig. Ltnhe bearing of the screw-shaft upon the frame b eing constructed to allow the necessary slight tllting movement in the shaft, To enable the screw-shaft U to he actuated by the driver without leaving his seat, a horizontal shaft, U2, may be provided,having suitable bearings upon the frame ofthe machine, and provided upon its rear end with a crank, a, and upon its forward end with a beveled gear, a", intermeshing with a similar gear, a5, upon the shaft U.

I am aware that abinderhas heretofore been made comprising a horizontal grain-platform, a curved surface or receptacle located at one end ofthe platforimabove thel level ofthe latter,for holding the grain while being bound, a rake delivering the cut grain to the end of the platform adjacent to the binding devices, and a series of oscillating arms, anda twine arm or needle pivoted at the edge of the grain-receptacle and adapted to swing` downwardly below the top surface of the platform to allow the grain to be covered over them b'y the rakes, and constructed to be swung upwardly, so as to lift and carry the said grain into the binding-receptacle and compress it in the latter. The construction of these parts of the binding devices herein shown,aud set forth .in claim l, differs from that above referred to in having the surface upon'which the grain is held while being bound upon a lev-el with the grain-platform, and the tw ine-arm pivoted to rotate about an axis below said surface, so that the grain is delivered directly to the said surface by the rakes, and the arm operates to thrust backwardly and compress the grain while the latter is upon the said surface without lifting or bodily moving said grain,with obvious advantages in point of simplicity of construct-ion and compactness of the parts.

l claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the grain platform, the linger-bars I, provided with lingers t, and belts l', of an inclined guide-surface for the ends of the fingers formed by a spring, C, and a stationary guide-flange, c, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the finger-bars I, provided with fingers t, the belts I', wheels ll 1*, supporting the belts, and oscillatory guardfingers N, of means for actuating said parts, comprising a wheel, H, provided with a parv tial gear, H", and with a guide-flange, HS, and a pin, 7i, a shaft, I8, having operative connection with the belt-wheels I", and provided with a gear-wheel, I7, intermeshing with the gear H3, and provided with a guide-surface, i7, a rock-shaft, N3, provided with arms 7b3 and ai, a rock-shaft, N, supporting said guard-lingers, provided with an arm, N2, and a rod connecting the arm N2 with the arm n2, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the twine-arm J, of means for actuating said arm, comprising a rock-shaft, J3, provided with a crank, J2, engaged with the said arm, bearing-pins jzj, secured in said arm between ils point of engagement with the crank and its free end, two stationary parallel plates provided with camslots engaged by said pins, and means giving an oscillatory motion to said shaft, substantially as described.

4f. The combination, with the twine-arm J, of means for supporting and actuating said arm, comprising pins jt in the said arm, two parallel stationary plates provided .with camslots engaged bythe said pins, a rock-shaft, J, provided with a crank, J2, engaged with the said arm and with a crank-arm, j, a rod or bar, J", pivoted upon the machine-frame and connected at its free cud with the said crank-arm j, and a revolving wheel, H, provided with a pin, h, located in position to engage the said bar, substantially as described.

The combination, with'the twine-arm J, provided with pins jt, of two parallel stationary plates, J, provided with cam-slotsengaged by the said pins, a rock-shaft,l J, provided with a crank, J2, engaged with the said arm, and also with a crank arm, j, a rod or bar, J, pivoted upon the machine-frame and connected at its free end with the said crank-army, and a revolving wheel, H, provided with a pin, h, located in position to engage the said bar, the latter being provided near its pivotal point with an arm, J5, also adapted for engagement with the pin lo, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the twine-arm J, provided with pins ji, of two parallel stationary plates provided with cam-slots engaged by the said pins, a rock-shaft, J, provided with a crank, J2, engaged with the said arm, and also with a crank-arm, j, a rod or bar, J, pivot-ed upon the machine frame and connected at its free end with the said crank-army, and a revolving wheel, H, provided with a pin,'h, located in position to engage the bar, said bar being provided with a straight part, j, and a curved portion, jl, substantially as described.

7. Thecombination,with the grain-platform and with binding devices comprising a grainsupporting surface, CT, of astationary inclined guide-plate, O', located near the forward edge of the grain-platform, and a butt-evener comprising an oscillating flap pivoted at its vertical edge at one side of the said surface and resting at its free edge in contact with the said guide-plate O', substantially as described.

8. The combination, with the oscillating flap O, supported upon` an axis which is movable upon the machine-frame, of means for actuating the flap, comprising an arm, o, attached to the flap, a revolving wheel, H, provided with a pin, h, a lever, O, located in position for engagement with the pin h, and a connecting-rod, o', attached to the lever O",

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and having sliding connection with the armo, substantially as described.

9. The combination, With the knotter vL and the twine-arm J, of means for actuating said knotter and twine-arm, consisting of a shaft, L', provided with a pinion, Z, an oscillating shaft, J 3, carrying the twine-arm and provided with a crank-arm,j3, a bar, J4, pivoted at one end upon `the machine-frame, a bar, j4, connecting the free end of said bar J4 with the vcranl-armf, and a Wheel, H, provided with a gear-segment, H6, engaged with the pinion Z, and having a pin, h, located in position to en gage said `bar J4, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with a twine-arm, J, provided With a laterally-projecting head, j, and a knotter, of a twine-gripper comprising a hollow revolving open-ended cylinder, K', provided with notches h4, and a stationary notched cylindric housing or shell, K, having connected inner and outer walls, lc and k', said cylinder being arranged with its axis of rotation parallel with the axis of rotation of the twine-arm, whereby the projecting head j may pass through the notches and thereby bring the twine into position to be gripped by the gripping device, substantially as described.

11. The combination, With the twine-arm and gripping device, comprising a hollow open-ended notched revolving shell, K', and a casi-ng, K', having connected inner and outer walls, k k', and provided with a notch, k4, of a twine-cutter consisting of an oscillating knife, Q, operating in connection with the lower margin of the notch k4 in the outer wall, 7c, of the shell K2, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the gripping device comprising a shell, K', a casing, K2, a revolving shaft, K3, sustaining the shell K,and provided with ratchet-teeth kl, a pawl, K5,and a vibrating lever, K", supporting the pawl, of a twine-cutter comprising a knife, Q, an oscillating lever, Q', supporting the knife, a spring, q', applied to throw the knife upwardly, and a vertically-sliding bar, Q4, engaged with the lever Q', and provided with an arm, q, located. in the path of the lever K, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with the bundle-discharging arms M'and rock-shaft M4, sustaining said arms, of means for actuating the arms, comprising a crank-arm, M3, upon the rockshaft, a lever, M4, pivoted upon the machineframe and engaged with the said crank-arm, a Wheel, H, provided with a pin, h', located in position to engage and actuate the said lever M4, and a spring-detent, M5, engaging the 1ever M4, and provided with an arm, m4, extending into the path of the pin h', substantially as described.

14. The combination, with the bundle-discharging arms M', and rock-shaft M4, sustaining said arms, and provided with a crank-arm, M3, of a lever, M4, pivoted upon-the machineframe and engaged With the crank-arm, a revolving wheel, H, provided with a pin, h',

'located in position to engage and actuate said lever'M4, a spring,'m4, applied'to hold the lever M4 in position for engagement with the rotating shaft H, the wheel H', mounted to rotate upon said shaft, and provided With a pin, ha, xed in said wheel, and a clutch device detachably4 connecting the wheel with the shaft, comprising a radially-movable part or detent, R', upon the wheel,'of a lever, R4, pivoted upon the machine-frame and provided with a projecting part, r', constructed t'o engage the detent R', and having a part or arm, R3, located in position for engagement with the pin h2 when the said projecting part 1" is in position for engagement with the said detent, a spring applied to throw the free end of said lever R2 outwardly and the part or arm R3 thereof in position to engage the pin h2, and tripping devices for operating'said lever from the drivers seat, substantially as described.

17. The'combination, with the driving-shaft H', provided with a notched collar, R', and the Wheel H, loosely mounted upon the shaft and provided With a pin, h2, of a spring-de-- tent, R, upon the Wheel, engaging the collar, a leven-R2, pivoted to the machine-frame and provided With a laterally-projecting part, r', adapted to engage the detent R, and having a part or arm, ltrconstructed for engagement with the pin h4, a spring appliedl to hold the ICO said arm in the path of the '.pin h, and tripping devices for operating said lever from the drivers seat,- s'ubstantially as described.'

18. The Combination, withal@ driving-Shaft H and the Wheel H, mounted loosely thereon,of a clutch device detachably connecting the Wheel and shaft, and comprising avmovable part or detent, R', upon the wheel, a pivoted lever, R4, provided 'with a lateral projection, r',adapted to engage the detent R',and having a part or arm, R3, constructed for engagement with the pin h", a spring applied to hold said arm R3 in the path of the pin, and a tripping I device for operating the lever, consisting of a rock-shaft, R5, provided with an arm, R, restking upon the lever Rand with an arm,r4,

and a foot-lever, Rl, connected with said arm r4, substantially as described.

19. The combination, with the machineframe provided witha reel-support, S", and a reel having a' pulley, s4, of a swinging frame,

S', pivoted upon the support S4, and affording bearings for the, reel, a driving-pulley(l G7, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as upon the machine-frame, a. swinging arm, T2, my invention I ax my signature in presence a shaft, T, mounted upon said arm T2, and of two Witnesses.

provided with belt-pulleys t and t', a belt, T3, 5 trained over the pulleys t and s, and an elas- Y GRANT XV. SI-IUMAN. Vitnesses:

i tic belt, T, passing over the pulleys G and t, l H. E. KERN, substantially as described. l

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